Sussex Confronts Napoleon – Edward Preston
SUSSEX CONFRONTS NAPOLEON
By
EDWARD PRESTON
At
St Matthew’s Centre, St Matthew’s Church, London Road, Silverhill, Sussex.
SATURDAY 15 FEB 2014
Day Lecture
10am to 1pm
Admission £8 on the door
Napoleon’s planned invasion of England put the Sussex coast in the front line. Great military preparations were made: Martello Towers and the Military Canal constructed and the Cinque Ports readied. But the French didn’t show up: what has happened to those defence systems since?
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